Monday, September 30, 2019

Paul Guyas and Isabel Davis defeat sand, snags, and the competition at the Prefontaine 5K

West of Tallahassee, Florida and just inside the Apalachicola National Forest, there's a spot on the map labeled "Andrew." Perhaps it was a village before the Great Depression. There's not much there now aside from the intersection of Aenon Church Road and Silver Lake Road. There's an Andrew Lake, but that pond is overshadowed by neighboring Silver Lake, where the United States Forestry Service maintains the Silver Lake Recreation Area. Nevertheless, once each year since 1976, on the cusp of autumn the Gulf Winds Track Club visits Andrew for the Salute To Prefontaine Forest 5K. Tallahassee master runner Paul Guyas won the 44th annual Prefontaine 5K on Saturday morning, 30 September 2019, with a 20:36. Isabel Davis, a seventh-grader at Cornerstone Learning Community, won the women's division, placing twelfth overall in 27:15.

Paul Guyas
Paul Guyas

The race started at 8:30 AM from the Silver Lake Recreation Area. The runners followed a two-lap course, each lap taking the field around both Silver Lake and Andrew Lake. Midway through the first lap the runners passed through what would have been downtown Andrew, if there ever was such a thing. Williams Springer was setting the pace at this point. An eighth-grader on the cross-country team at Trinity Catholic, Springer led the field up a hill and over a fallen tree in Central Andrew. Paul Guyas was just a step behind, though, and by the second trip through the heart of Andrew, Guyas was 50 meters ahead of Springer and pulling away. When Guyas crossed the finish line in a winning 20:36, his lead had grown to just under 200 meters. Springer was second in 21:22, and Hans Hassell placed third in 22:36.

Isabel Davis
Isabel Davis

In the women's competition, Isabel Davis, a member of the Cornerstone Learning girls' cross-country team, was also trailing on the first trip through Andrew. But Davis was the first female athlete through Andrew on the second lap, and her final time of 27:15 put her more than 100 meters ahead of the next woman in the race. Martha Guyas was the women's runner-up and fifteenth overall in 28:00. Marlee Tucker, a sophomore on the Franklin County High girls' cross-country team, placed third in the women's standings and nineteenth overall in 29:12.


57 athletes finished the 2019 Salute To Prefontaine 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Salute to Prefontaine 5K
  1. 20:36, Paul Guyas (M, 41)
  2. 21:22, William Springer (M, 13)
  3. 22:36, Hans Hassell (M, 36)
  4. 23:25, Austin Gray (M, 16)
  5. 23:38, Michael Kennett (M, 45)
  6. 23:44, Francisco Ju Juan (M, 17)
  7. 24:45, Michael Square (M, 15)
  8. 25:54, Josh Briggs (M, 15)
  9. 25:54, Ayden Pearson (M, 17)
  10. 26:57, Jacob Parks (M, 21)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Salute to Prefontaine 5K
  1. 27:15, Isabel Davis (F, 13)
  2. 28:00, Martha Guyas (F, 35)
  3. 29:12, Marlee Tucker (F, 15)
  4. 30:23, Kaari Guyas (F, 12)
  5. 30:24, Sade Guyas (F, 10)
  6. 30:40, Michelle Therrien (F, 39)
  7. 30:49, Michelle Comeaux (F, 46)
  8. 30:50, Kendra Essig (F, 29)
  9. 30:55, Adia Barber (F, 15)
  10. 34:13, Alondra Jimenez (F, 14)

Known winners of GWTC's Prefontaine Forest 5K
1976 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
25 September 197615:43, Tim Simpkins19:20, Nancy McCormac
September 197715:35, Tim Simpkins19:00, Janice Gage
23 September 1978

September 1979

20 September 198017:17, George West20:52, Donna Miller
September 198118:20, Shannon Sullivan22:27, Pam Ledbetter
September 1982

24 September 198317:17, Jeff Doherty20:36, Donna Miller
September 198417:11, Larry Abele20:43, Barbara Balzer
September 198516:51, Tim Simpkins20:40, Darien Andreu
27 September 198617:20, Tim Simpkins22:14, Laura Partin
12 September 198717:33, Tom Burr21:20, Linda Nicholson
24 September 198817:38, Tom Burr22:23, Yvonne Gsteiger
23 September 198917:25, Tim Simpkins21:30, Vikki Saga
22 September 199017:12, Bill Crooks22:23, Tina Davies
22 September 199117:54, Gary Droze24:48, Tina Davies
19 September 199218:29, Gary Droze22:05, Diane Blas
18 September 199317:58, Tim Simpkins24:16, Sissi Carroll
17 September 199417:00, Gary Droze21:16, Carrie Weyant
30 September 199517:12, Gary Droze22:56, Sissi Carroll
28 September 199619:18, Gary Droze22:56, Jane Johnson
27 September 199718:50, Bill Crooks23:07, Julie Clark
26 September 199819:26, Paul Hoover24:44, Peggy Simpson
25 September 199917:56, Gary Droze24:13, Brandi Rook
30 September 200017:49, Gary Droze22:17, Allie Hunter
29 September 200119:37, Scott Poindexter22:17, Allie Hunter154
5 October 200222:17, David Yon25:47, Yvonne Gsteiger82
27 September 200318:35, Shawn Patterson23:49, Angela Dempsey98
25 September 200417:43, Gary Droze22:46, Seeley Lovett161
24 September 200518:13, Gary Droze24:06, Jane Johnson94
23 September 200617:24, Gary Droze19:59, Stephanie Liles176
29 September 200717:29, Chris Gregory20:26, Micah Adriani122
27 September 200818:16, Daniel Lee21:10, Kati Gosnell133
26 September 200920:28, Joel Piotrowski21:20, Micah Adriani131
25 September 201018:53, Jay Wallace22:17, Kelly Stevens186
24 September 201119:08, Michael Martinez22:31, Olivia Swedberg Yinger50
22 September 201217:18, Stanley Linton20:58, Micah Adriani195
21 September 201316:27, Stanley Linton23:34, Melissa Geary75
27 September 201417:43, Chris Lake22:30, Cora Atkinson181
26 September 201518:42, Peter Van Brussel23:38, Emily Smith64
24 September 201618:38, Geb Kiros22:58, Samantha Reilly162
16 September 201718:52, Vince Molosky24:19, Kendall Ward62
15 September 201818:00, Chris O'Kelley21:34, Kat Sack117
28 September 201920:36, Paul Guyas27:15, Isabel Davis57


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